Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 411 Returner 3
Looking at Madurand, whom he hasn't seen for almost two years, but whose eyes are sunken, Jiang Tian couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.Once a petty sergeant, he is now an acting commander of the [-]st (guerrilla) Corps with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Of course, it was Madurand who sighed more.He just fought on the front line of the northern province of Lozère for more than two years; the small group with only a hundred people in Midogne at the beginning almost swept the entire southern part of the kingdom under the command of this lord.

This point, the supplies and consolation supplies sent from the rear have become more abundant; the military pay and allowances have become more and more punctual and sufficient, the quality of coins is getting better and better, and even a special consolation group has appeared , you can experience it slowly.

Who would have thought that I, who was born as a sergeant in an ordinary kingdom, became the commander of a regiment alone in the unknowingly persistent battle; What about one?

Although, he was just a remote member of the Military Commission and the deputy director of the Military Service Administration of the National Salvation Government.But he also heard that a list of titles and ranks, a directory of land and manors are being drawn up in the Freedom Army.

You know, less than three years have passed since packing up the remnants from Midonne and marching into Livron, the provincial capital of Delong province.Therefore, from time to time, Madurand inevitably felt a little apprehensive and worried, wondering whether he had missed the opportunity to follow his lord to make meritorious deeds.

However, when the follow-up letter of commission arrives, I will worry about whether I can take on such a heavy responsibility; to guard the northern front for the main force of the Free Army who is attacking the city in the south.Motivated and motivated by such complex emotions, he is also working hard to learn new things.

In addition to the sixteen-character instruction left by the officer for the guerrilla regiment, he also equipped several times more staff members and assistant officers to assist in the familiarization and mastery of military records, and the increasingly complicated military affairs; Paper war chess deduction and planning.

It also includes hiring several private teachers for himself to take the time to teach him the profundity of the language; learning from those legends and allusions; the deeds and achievements of famous ancient figures; .

This also occupied almost all of his rest and leisure time; it made him give up most of his private entertainment, parties, and social activities.After all, his original family background can only allow him to understand words and simple calculations.It was hard to learn in the beginning.

But he actually persisted and gained an unexpected love.Yes, at a time when the family he was trying to find was lost in the turmoil in the capital and was often depressed; a certain woman who hired a private tutor comforted him physically and mentally.

And leading his subordinates to be active and fighting in the past two years between the province of Delong and the province of Iser; it also allowed him to experience many things and become mature in this position.At least he can proudly claim that he did not disappoint that lord's expectations.

Under the continuous harassment and raids of the First Guerrilla Corps, the Veronese army and its vassals in the province of Isère have fallen into a helpless and isolated situation; Leaving, several cities like isolated islands.

Therefore, it can also be said that with the support of the local people who suffered from it, Madurand, relying only on the [-] to [-] soldiers of the First Corps, relatively contained the Verona army, which was alone but several times larger than his own.Of course, the enemy did not try to counterattack.

At the most dangerous time, an army gathered by the Verona people who had learned from the pain; led by the hired Avar cavalry, led by some traitors bought locally; successfully passed through the cordon of the northern hilly area, Kill to the city of Livron.

At that time, due to winter repairs and rotations, there were only hundreds of soldiers including the guard brigade of the regiment headquarters in Livron City; it was the time when the defense was most empty.However, it was rare for Madurand to refuse his subordinates' suggestions of temporarily avoiding or sticking to it safely.

I personally led most of the soldiers to take the initiative to meet and surprise the Avar cavalry who had just arrived at the city.Although it failed to achieve much results and gains, it also caused him to withdraw more than ten miles away in shock; it indirectly affected the follow-up judgment of the enemy's main force.

Therefore, when these enemies waited for a day and launched another attack, Madurand had already pacified and calmed the turbulent hearts in the city with this small victory in the first battle.Then they opened the military supply warehouse on the spot, recruited and armed at least 1000 citizens.

So on the third day, the Verona army made up their minds to seize the city with all their strength; but was successfully blocked by the defenders led by Madurand, and persisted for four days; In the self-defense regiment, the ratio of forces between the enemy and ourselves was reversed.

Therefore, in this local war called "one week's offensive and defensive", although the Verona raiding troops who finally retreated from the city in time did not suffer much loss; Nightmare experience for the enemy.

Almost every moment, an endless stream of attackers emerged, preventing them from eating and resting properly, or even sitting down and drinking a sip of water; people in the team fled or disappeared every day.Then the only supplies and wounded in the army were forced to abandon them.

However, this does not change their difficult situation, and even the villages that they once ravaged seem to have become death traps that outsiders are not allowed to enter.Few of the soldiers who went in in search of food and clean water were able to get out.

Along with a court count/colonel leader, the last few hundred exhausted Veronese soldiers fled in a panic to the Rhone after raising the white flag.As the only surviving Northern Italian Allied Forces, the Verona Army also lost almost all mobile forces including cavalry.

However, the battle situation on the northern front has also fallen into a certain kind of relative stalemate and confrontation.Because, of course, the Verona Army, which was divided among several cities, was slowly waiting to die.However, the guerrilla regiment itself, which has absorbed a large number of local armed forces, also lacks the ability to attack fortifications.

After the guerrilla corps attempted to capture the city with a surprise attack from inside and outside, the situation of confrontation was temporarily maintained; instead, in the city of Lyon further north, the Marquis Antail, the great warlord sent by the dynasty, used this to retake the city. Several strongholds and greedy for their own merits.

And Madurand, who couldn't do anything about it, could only appease the internal indignation; at the same time, he reorganized and reorganized the seriously inflated guerrilla corps.In accordance with the regulations of the Free Army, the redundant personnel it eliminated were reorganized as local garrison teams.

Now with the head of the Rorschach (Jiang Tian) army, he led the main force of the Free Army to the province of Delong, and joined the first guerrilla regiment; the total force reached [-] combatants, [-] Auxiliary staff; the horn is sounded for the final battle.

On the way to the city of Lyon, a steady stream of local residents/citizens emerged from the ruined villages/towns; and they complained to the Free Army about the atrocities and crimes of the foreign invading army.And actively act as a guide and report on those traitors.

Therefore, where the army going north passed, there were almost all kinds of hanged people hanging on the roadside; almost all of them were old local officials or rich people.Most of them are under the iron heel of the foreign invading army, in order to save their own lives, and pass on the decent people who persecute the people.

In the end, when the vanguard cavalry of tens of thousands of troops arrived at Saint-Varier, the first city occupied by the Veronese army.The heavy armored knights of the special attack company, who were in charge of the first assault, blasted open the blocked city gate almost at the same time, crushing the hungry and exhausted defenders.

Then there are Bolpai City, Vienna City, Burg Pass City... .These once solid city defenses, under the double blow of the continuous bombardment of hundreds of cannons launched by the Free Army, and the commandos composed of heavy knights, hardly survived for a day.

Therefore, when the Free Army advanced to Rivar, the last city occupied by the Verona army, they found that the city gates were open on all sides, and the Verona flag of the fortress cross was still planted on the top of the city, and there were almost no defenders.The team that entered the investigation immediately withdrew.

And brought an unexpected news to Jiang Tian.It was because of the many massacres in the city, but they could not be properly handled; finally, a serious plague broke out during the occupation of the Verona people; more than 3000 soldiers, including Verona, fell ill and died one after another.

Therefore, today's Rivar is almost a dead city full of sick people and bones.Afterwards, Jiang Tian ordered the complete blockade of the city; then, let the inheritance knights with relatively strong physical fitness enter the city to search for the only survivors, and then set them on fire.

After skipping this somewhat discordant ending, across the several bridges at the mouth of the Rhone, the big city of Lyon on the other side is already in sight.And leaning against the tall city wall lined with towers in the city of Lyon, there is a colorful army waiting in full force, almost covering the city.

"Follow me, follow my flag..." Amidst the roar of mountains and tsunami, Jiang Tian himself rode his horse and galloped past the front of the battle, behind him was Duval, a knight holding the banner of the Northern Expedition Legion; The voice said: "I am invincible, move forward...forward."

The next moment, he rushed across one of the bridges over the Rhône estuary; and led the inheritance knights who acted as front arrows, one after another, they flew, smashed, and destroyed. Obstacles, and soldiers hiding behind them...

Immediately after them, the highly motivated and fanatical Free Army cavalry rushed onto the bridge without hesitation; more infantry regiments, who couldn't wait, jumped off one after another with floating objects such as wooden boards and sheepskin airbags. the river bank; and swim to the opposite bank at the head of the good water soldiers.

Following No. 1 soldier who went ashore, he tightened the ropes tied to his body, and tied them to the rocks and trees by the river; Several simple pontoon bridges have been built on the river half a mile wide.

(End of this chapter)